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Friday, 18 November 2016

The whistleblower who shook up a unicorn

When doing the right thing means destroying a company — and going against you 90-plus-year-old grandfather. Longtime readers will remember we have covered with considerable interest the allegations of skullduggery at Theranos, the blood-testing startup run by a CEO who styled herself after Steve Jobs, but who is now alleged to have been making things up out of whole cloth. John Carreyou from the Wall Street Journal broke the story and has owned it since, earning the loathing of Theranos employees, who at one point in the saga gathered at corporate headquarters to chant, “F— Y–, Carreyou. F— Y–, Carreyou.” Carreyou is back this week with the story of one of the whistleblowers who broke open the case — none other than Tyler Shultz, the grandson of former US Secretary of State George Shultz, who himself just happens to be a member of Theranos’ board. Read: Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—and His Family.

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